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-age

See also: Appendix:Variations of "age"

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum. Cognates include French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem, Spanish -aje, Occitan -atge, Romanian -aj. Doublet of -atic.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɪd͡ʒ/, /əd͡ʒ/ (earlier loans and when attached to any non-French roots)
  • IPA(key): /ɑːʒ/ (more recent loanwords from French such as massage, mirage, barrage, etc.)
  • IPA(key): /eɪd͡ʒ/ (obsolete)

Suffix

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-age

  1. forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance.
    Synonyms: -ery, -ing
    ‎word + ‎-age → ‎wordage
  2. forming nouns indicating a process, action, or a result
    ‎block + ‎-age → ‎blockage
    ‎marry + ‎-age → ‎marriage
    ‎slip + ‎-age → ‎slippage
    ‎shrink + ‎-age → ‎shrinkage
  3. forming nouns of a state or relationship
    ‎bond + ‎-age → ‎bondage
    ‎marry + ‎-age → ‎marriage
    ‎parent + ‎-age → ‎parentage
    ‎line + ‎-age → ‎lineage
  4. forming nouns indicating a place
    ‎orphan + ‎-age → ‎orphanage
    ‎hermit + ‎-age → ‎hermitage
  5. forming nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee
    ‎post + ‎-age → ‎postage
    ‎broker + ‎-age → ‎brokerage
    ‎cork + ‎-age → ‎corkage
  6. forming nouns indicating a rate
    ‎percent + ‎-age → ‎percentage
    ‎mile + ‎-age → ‎mileage
  7. forming nouns of a unit of measure.
    ‎volt + ‎-age → ‎voltage
    ‎foot + ‎-age → ‎footage
    ‎tonne + ‎-age → ‎tonnage
    ‎hour + ‎-age → ‎hourage

Derived terms

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English terms suffixed with -age

Translations

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From French -age.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.ʒə/
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Suffix

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-age

  1. Creates nouns from verbs and from other nouns. It denotes:
    1. action
      ‎kijven (“to altercate, dispute, wrangle”) + ‎-age → ‎kijvage (“squabbling”)
      ‎lekken (“to leak”) + ‎-age → ‎lekkage (“leakage”)
    2. collectivity
      ‎tuig (“rig”) + ‎-age → ‎tuigage (“rigging”)
    3. result of an action
      ‎stellen + ‎-age → ‎stellage

Derived terms

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Dutch terms suffixed with -age

Descendants

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  • → Indonesian: -ase

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum, greatly extended from words like rivage and voyage.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-age m (plural -ages)

  1. Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X".
  2. Forming nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X".
  3. (rare) Forming collective nouns.

Usage notes

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  • Although the historical suffix has had many applications (e.g. family relationships, locations), it is now restricted primarily to the sense of "action of Xing", and many terms now have little to no connection with the most common uses. This is especially notable of those descended from actual Latin words in -aticus such as fromage and voyage.

Descendants

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See also

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French terms suffixed with -age

German

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Alternative forms

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  • -asche (obsolete or nonstandard)

Etymology

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Borrowed from French -age m. Feminised by analogy with the majority of German words in -e, perhaps also with other suffixes of abstract nouns such as -heit and -ung.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-age f (plural -agen)

  1. Nominal suffix, rarely productive, mostly restricted to borrowings from French.

Derived terms

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German terms suffixed with -age

Interlingua

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English -age, French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem/Spanish -aje, all ultimately from Latin -āticum.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-age

  1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a collection; -age
    ‎folio (“leaf”) + ‎-age → ‎foliage (“foliage”)
    ‎fructo (“fruit”) + ‎-age → ‎fructage (“fruitage”)

Usage notes

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  • G in this suffix always represents a fricative (or affricate) sound rather than a plosive, i.e. /ˈaʒe/ (or /ˈadʒe/) rather than */ˈaɡe/.
  • It takes the form -agi- before o or a.

Derived terms

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Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -age not found

References

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Japanese

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Romanization

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-age

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あげ

Middle English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-age

  1. Forms nouns indicating a right or relationship.
  2. Forms nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee.
  3. (not productive) Used in nouns taken from Old French indicating actions, results, groups, etc.

Derived terms

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Middle English terms suffixed with -age

Descendants

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.

Suffix

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-age

  1. forms nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X"
  2. forms nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X"

Derived terms

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Middle French terms suffixed with -age

Descendants

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Occitan

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Suffix

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-age

  1. (Mistralian) Alternative form of -atge

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin -āticum.

Suffix

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-age

  1. forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result of'
  2. forms nouns with the sense of 'state of being'

Derived terms

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Old French terms suffixed with -age

Descendants

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